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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [‎244v] (498/885)

The record is made up of 1 volume (436 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1912-25 Sep 1912. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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locally recognised. In support of this attitude it
was urged:—
1 . That the line of 1850 threw the sheikh’s
personal residence, &c., at Pailieh into Turkish
limits.
2. That whereas the centre of the fairway of
the Shatt-el-Arab was the dividing line univer
sally recognised in practice for many years past,
the line of 1850 gave the whole channel of that
river to Turkey, including two important islands
now regarded as Persian territory."
A map to illustrate the two lines of frontiei
was forwarded and is annexed.
The reply of His Majesty’s Government to these
and further representations was substantially to
the following effect:—
1 . As early as 1850 Sheikh Jabir of Mo-
hammerah had possessed a fort, if not a residence
at Pailieh, on the destruction of which, with that
of another fort, the commissioners insisted on the
ground that it rendered freedom of navigation to
Bussorah uncertain.
2. His Majesty’s Government had no desire to
disturb the status quo as locally observed, and if
there were danger of the question being raised
would devote their efforts to the prevention of
such a contingency. If, indeed, the question
were forced upon His Majesty s Government, it
would, of course, be open to them to negotiate
for the recognition of the locally accepted
boundarv, while retaining that of the mediating
commission as the basis of discussion; and they
could with equal justice refuse to tolerate the
recognition of anything hut the local status quo as
regarded the southern (?>., Mohammerah) por
tion of the boundary, until the Turkish Govern
ment admitted the frontier zonef of the mediating
commissioners in the north.
* In reference to point 2, it may be mentioned that, by
article 2 of the Treaty of Erzeroum, Persian shits have the
right to navigate the Shatt-el-Arab in full liberty up to the
point where the Persian frontier joins that of turkey; this
clause at any rate secures freedom of access via the Shatt-el-
Arab to Mohammerah town and the River Karun.
j' By a clerical error in the original despatch the word
“ line” was inserted instead of “frontier zone.”
First Conference
at Mohammerah,
January 28, 1850
(Enclosure 2 in
Sir Stratford
Canning, No. 110,
March 30, 1850).
To Consul-General
Cox (Bushire),
No. 1, Political,
June 27, 1910.
To Sir G. Barclay
(Tehran), No. 143,
August 30, 1910.
To Consul-General
Cox,
No. 3, Political,
September 15,
1910.
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The volume discusses the disputed Turco-Persian Frontier, particularly at Mohammerah, and the negotiations in Constantinople to attempt to settle it.

The correspondence focuses on:

  • the differences of opinion over the actual boundary at Mohammerah, including several maps demonstrating these differences;
  • movements of Turkish and Russian troops;
  • ownership of the Shat-el-Arab and questions of access for navigation;
  • copies of treaties, correspondence and memoranda dating back to 1639 relating to the question of the Turco-Persian frontier.

The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); the British Ambassador to Russia (Sir George Buchanan); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the British Ambassador to Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); representatives of the Foreign Office (particularly Alwyn Parker) and the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; and Arthur Talbot Wilson, on special duty in relation to the Turco-Persian Frontier.

This volume is part one of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (436 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1356 (Turco-Persian Frontier) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/266-267. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 436; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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